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The development hub as an integrated strategy to accelerate led in small towns
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
Evolving out of my past experience as municipal manager, the study addresses one of the topical issues in municipalities, viz. the quest for more effective and sustainable local economic development (LED) in small towns. ...
Financial development, health care system financing and health outcomes: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This thesis purposes to examine the impact of financial development on health outcomes, health care expenditure and financial protection in health in 46 selected sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries from 1995 to 2014. It ...
Investigating transitory and chronic poverty in South Africa, 2008-2015
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
In post-apartheid South Africa, the thrust of macroeconomic framework and corresponding policies
inaugurated by the first democratically elected government have been geared towards, amongst
others, poverty alleviation, ...
Investigating multidimensional poverty in South Africa in 2001-2016: The multidimensional poverty index (MPI) approach
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Since the dawn of democracy, South Africa has come a long way in trying to eradicate
problems relating to poverty and inequality that the apartheid system left deeply engraved
within the midst of our society. To date we ...
Inflation targeting, South Africa and the Great Recession: An alternative perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Described by Mohr (2008:1) as "one of the most hotly debated economic issues in South Africa",
the inflation rate is underpinned by its impact on the average South African. A rapid increase in
the cost of goods and ...
Government intervention to alleviate poverty in South Africa, with a specific focus on poverty in the Eastern Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
When the new democratic government in South Africa came to power in 7994, it inherited a legacy of inequality, unemployment and poverty. Mindful of this triple challenge the government's first socio-economic policy framework, ...